"Yesterday I went to a buffet, with seafood, fruits, all sorts of sodas, everything you could imagine. It was a real treat, but after eating, my stomach hurt. I thought I had diarrhea, but who would have thought it was constipation! Anyway, I felt just awful all over!" Yesterday, a reporter at an outpatient department of a hospital encountered several patients with this very complaint. The doctor believed it wasn't the buffet that was the problem, but rather the way they combined the foods they ate. Discomfort caused by eating seafood and fruit together.
The doctor pointed out: The cause of constipation is likely due to eating meat while drinking tea. Some people believe that drinking tea with meat and seafood aids digestion, but they are unaware that the tannic acid in tea combines with protein to form tannic acid protein, which has an astringent effect. This slows down intestinal peristalsis, thereby prolonging the time feces stay in the intestines. This not only easily leads to constipation but also increases the likelihood of the body absorbing toxic and carcinogenic substances.
As for the stomach pain, it is caused by eating seafood and fruit together. Fish, shrimp, and algae are rich in protein and calcium nutrients. When eaten with fruits containing tannic acid, not only is the nutritional value of the protein reduced, but the calcium in the seafood also combines with the tannic acid to form a new substance that is difficult to digest. This substance can irritate the stomach, causing discomfort, and lead to symptoms like stomach pain, vomiting, and nausea.
In addition, drinking liquor with beverages can also be harmful to the body. Because after consuming liquor and soda together, the alcohol quickly volatilizes throughout the body and produces a large amount of carbon dioxide, which seriously harms organs such as the stomach, intestines, liver, and kidneys, and also damages the brain and blood vessels.
Therefore, medical experts remind everyone: When eating at a buffet, pay attention to the above issues and try to eat different foods at separate times as much as possible.